Dravite leads the party through the woods. The terrain is steep and rocky, but he follows the trails left by the ogres and they are easy to track. After a few hours of tough hiking, the trees begin to thin out. The top of Hook Mountain is bleak and rocky, with scree slopes populated by surly-looking mountain sheep that flee as they are approached. But in the bright sunshine there is no denying the view over the Storval Deep and Skull's Crossing are impressive. The scale of the Deep also becomes apparent as it stretches up to the horizon, framed by jagged mountains on either side and its furthest reaches invisible in the distant haze.
But even on a day like this, the wind is cold and unrelenting. Dravite points up towards the peak, where a miasma of black smoke blows on the wind. "The entrance to the cave is aboot half-a-mile, just atop this crag and across open views along a ridge before ye get to the cave mouth. How d'ye want to be doing this?"
* For mundane items, I think a couple of climbing kits would be useful, plus a shitload of rope. It looks like we'll be going up and down bad paths and mountainsides, so those will come in handy.
* The one magical thing I can think of that we need is away to turn invisible. Sneaking into a guarded fortress will be tough enough without being spotted miles away.
week of food for everybody and the mules.
I'd like some torches, a lantern, and since we're going mountaineering we probably need winter clothes; nothing else really.
Dravite points up towards the peak, where a miasma of black smoke blows on the wind. "The entrance to the cave is aboot half-a-mile, just atop this crag and across open views along a ridge before ye get to the cave mouth. How d'ye want to be doing this?"
"Take Camlo with you and scout ahead. This being a cave, I assume we'll need to go in the main entrance? It sounds like it will be next to impossible to actually enter the cave unobserved, but with some good recon, at least we won't be ambushed."
"Take Camlo with you and scout ahead. This being a cave, I assume we'll need to go in the main entrance? It sounds like it will be next to impossible to actually enter the cave unobserved, but with some good recon, at least we won't be ambushed."
"Aye." Dravite turns to Camlo. "You coming, wee chappie?"
Camlo just grins and follows.
Camlo and Dravite head toward upwards onto the ridge. The wind blows fiercely as they hug the ground, following contours and gullies to try and remain unseen. Smoke pours from a gaping hole in the side of Hook mountain, only to be instantly dispersed by the wind.
A pair of ogres emerge from the cave mouth, ogre hooks in hand. One of them points a meaty paw in the direction of where Camlo and Dravite are hiding, and begin to hurry along the ridge towards them.
Camlo whispers to Dravite "Time to move, not back towards the others, let's see if we can lose them first."
"Lose them? Where? There's only this here ridge, wee laddy, so unless we're going climbing I dinnae see where we can go. It's forward or back. I say we go back - there's only two of the fat bastards. Typical ogres - too stupid to call for help. They should be easy for us to deal with once we have the others there."
"Well, in that case, let's leg it"
Camlo will move back, hopefully Dravite will follow, and lets see if we can gain some concealment int he process...
"Lose them? Where? There's only this here ridge, wee laddy, so unless we're going climbing I dinnae see where we can go. It's forward or back. I say we go back - there's only two of the fat bastards. Typical ogres - too stupid to call for help. They should be easy for us to deal with once we have the others there."
I got no skilz in that department;.....
"Sounds like our scouts are coming back - and they are bringing some friends with them. Let's prepare a proper welcome." Alwyn draws his sword and starts looking for a good place to hide.
Camlo and Dravite return to the rest of the group, explaining that the two ogres are on their way.
[ooc]The palest grey is relatively flat terrain. Moving on this is like walking on normal terrain. The medium grey colour is difficult terrain due to the slope. The dark grey is pretty sheer, and requires a DC 10 Climb check to negotiate. Fall while on this section, it's a quite a long way down.
[ooc]Put Camlo in L28, Dravite K32? Camlo will have stayed back, using the terrain to hide in... Hopefully.
I 32 I guess
initiative.
Sefayll crouches down behind the warriors, waiting and reaching out with her helm.
The ogres eventually crest the rise, peering down at the group of "little folk" before them. They whoop with delight as they brandish their hooks and prepare to set about them.
last 5 is bleeding
The bolt may be small but Camlo's shot sends crimson blood spurting. The ogre is too stupid to realise it is probably bleeding to death, and just snarls in anger and pain.
Sefayll considers her meager resources and loads her crossbow and fires.
How high up are they? Could I conceivably charge to J26 and hit ogre 2?
Assuming yes, I charge to J26; pow attack 2H;
damage
farrrrg! Nat 1 rolled.
Glad to be of help!
Move to K 28; double move ought to do it.
I do that at parties. Cool kids love me.
Alwyn fires his crossbow at the nearest ogre. He then chucks it away and steps closer to the incoming ogres, drawing his sword as he goes.
Bleeding copiously, the nearest ogre staggers forward and swings its hook in a single sweep at Hudak and Camlo.